gynogenesis

Noun

Meaning

female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

parthenogenesis parthenogeny

Examples

Other variants of bisexual reproduction Some relatively unusual forms of reproduction are: citation citation Gynogenesis : A sperm stimulates the egg to develop without fertilisation or syngamy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

gynoecious gynoecium gynogen gynogenetic gynogenetically gynography